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["K Q" <kumquat@operamail.com>]

Well, are you saying that evolution has made a mistake in creating the cat? 
Hey, plenty of species have gone the way of extinction, so what's a few more 
as long as mother evolution is shaping things the way she likes?

Kitty Kats are native to planet earth. Are you saying they should not roam 
the earth as mother nature intends?

Kenneth Q. 

:)  ;)









Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 16:58:59 -0500
From: "Jackie Jameson" <jacqueline.jameson@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] cat predation
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
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Sure, I will look for something and post it.

I think one of the most important points is that the domestic cat is a
non-native predator.  There was not a similar predator before the
introduction of the domestic cat.  In other words, they aren't filling a
niche vacated by an extirminated natural predator.
Predation by the cat has a great impact on already diminished populations.
The other important facts are that the cat is a very effective predator and
that the cat will hunt even though not hungry.   Free-roaming cats and feral
cats are estimated to be responsible for hundreds of millions of wild bird
deaths (rate depends on the area of the country).

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